Windows ALT Codes

In Windows, combinations of the ALT key plus a numeric code from the number keypad can be used to type a non-English character in any Windows application.

See the detailed instructions on the ALT Code How To for complete information on implementing the code. Additional options for entering accents in Windows are also listed in the Accents section of this Web site.

Capital Vowels

Vwl

ALT Code

À

ALT+0192

È

ALT+0200

É

ALT+0201

Ì

ALT+0204

Ò

ALT+0210

Ó

ALT+0211

Ù

ALT+0217

Lower Vowels

Vwl

ALT Code

à

ALT+0224

è

ALT+0232

é

ALT+0233

ì

ALT+0236

ò

ALT+0242

ó

ALT+0243

ù

ALT+0249

Other Symbols

Sym

ALT Code

º

ALT+0186 (Masculine Ordinal)

ª

ALT+0170 (Feminine Ordinal)

«

ALT+0171 (Left Angle Quote)

»

ALT+0187 (Right Angle Quote)

€

ALT+0128

Quick Examples

To input capital Á (ALT+0193), hold down the ALT key then type 0193 (all four digits) on the numeric keypad. The ALT codes do not work with the row of number keys on the top.

Language Tags

Italian "Dialects"

Different parts of Italy speak in varieties which are traditionally called "dialects", but they are so different from Standard Italian that spealers from different regions may not understand each other. Linguists usually consider many these dialects to be separate related "Romance" languages. Some of these forms have been recognized as minority languages in their home regions

Some prominent forms include the following:Note: Standard Italian is based on Tuscan Italy near Florence.

Dialect Codes

co (Corsican, France)

dlm Dalmatian, Croatia, extinct)

eml (Emilian)

ist (Istriot, Slovenia/Croatia/Italy)

lij (Ligurian)

lmo (Lombard)

nap (Neapolitan)

rm (Rhaeto-Romance) includes

fur (Friullian)

lld (Ladin)

rgn (Romagnol)

scn (Sicilian/Calabrian)

pms (Piedmontese)

sc (Sardinian)

vec (Venetian/Veneto)

HTML Accent Codes

HTML Entity Codes

Use these codes to input accented letters in HTML. For instance, if you
want to type caffè you would type caff&egrave;.

The numbers in parentheses are the numeric codes assigned in Unicode encoding. For instance, because è is number 232, caff&#232; can also be used to input caffè. These numbers arwalso used with the Windows Alt codes listed above.